Week 9 Term 2

The opportunities for learning new skills while having

fun through play are invaluable. When children
prepare the soil, plant and tend their gardens their
Young Children and Gardening mental health and wellness will be supported
especially as families engage in fun activities in the
home garden.
They can enjoy nature in places where flowers, trees
Involving young children in gardening initiatives are fun and healthy ways and crops are grown for the benefit of the
for them to learn about nature and science. A garden is an interactive community.
playground for children to engage all of their senses. It is where they
can touch and taste the fruits of their labour, admire the brightly
coloured flowers, grow accustomed to natural
scents, and sounds of a variety of plants.
Children will learn how to care for plants as
they grow their own foods at home. Gardening
is also a fun way children can take care of the
environment, interact with nature, beautify
their communities by planting flowers, crops,
shrubs and trees .

Remote Learning

Materials: paper, crayons, pencils, playdough, glue,

leaves, soil, flowers, grass, clay, pallet sticks,
recyclables
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Activities for three (3) and four (4) year old—PART 1

What is a WebQuest? Select the link below and listen to a story entitled “We
A WebQuest is an activity children complete using the Internet to Plant a seed” https://www.youtube.com/watch?
get information on a specific topic. v=zxl6Kiy7NPI

Topic – Home and Community Gardens Select the link below and listen to a story entitled
Involving young children in gardening initiatives, are fun, healthy “Plants Can’t Sit Still”
ways for them to learn about nature and Science. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFHSSq7cmy4

Select the link to learn more about the benefits of home and
community gardens. https://bit.ly/3Hn6L7z
Select the link to view how dry coconut shells can be used as a
planter. https://bit.ly/354dmqs
Following the videos encourage the child to plant his or
her own seed or seedling and see the fruits of his/her
own labour.

Monday

Creating a garden space at home

A garden is a planned space, usually Garden Yoga
outdoors, set aside for the cultivation,
display, and enjoyment of plants and
other forms of nature.
- Follow the
instructions as seen
- Allow the child to look at pictures and videos
in the picture to
about gardens
engage in some
- Discuss what was seen (plants, flowers, col- simple movements
ours, insects, animals) and the importance of and poses
gardens
- Encourage the child to identify and clean a
space for the creation of a garden
- Allow the child to draw the garden he/she will
be creating
- Choose the design and plants that can be
planted

Tuesday
Plants Can’t Sit Still Actions
My Home Garden
- Encourage the child to imitate the various
movements from the book entitled “Plants Can’t Sit
Still”
- Prepare the space or recycled planters * Nod as you fall asleep
* Wiggle out of the soil
(unwanted plastic bottles, tins, old
* Reach for the sunlight
planters etc.) to create a homemade * Lift your face to the moon
garden * Crawl through tall grass
- Allow the child to add the soil, seeds or * Slitter underground
seedlings and water * Explode! Fling out seeds
* Climb a fence
- Encourage the child to care for the
* Hop away from a
plants daily by watering and removing grasshopper
weeds
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Activities for three (3) and four (4) year old—PART 2

Wednesday Creating Seed Balls

Stepping Stones
Seed balls are made up of seeds,
potting mix and clay. Little care - Create stepping stones for
is required with seed balls; the the garden using leftover
idea is that they germinate on
their own to become a delightful clay from the seed balls or
floral display. cardboard cut into irregular
shapes
In a bowl, mix together one cup - Place the stepping stones at
of sunflower or any wildflower various spaces and encourage
seeds with five cups of soil and the child to step on each by
clay stretching, jumping and hop-
- Mix in water with your hands ping
until everything sticks together
- Roll the mixture into firm balls
- Leave the balls to dry in a sunny spot
- Plant by throwing the balls at bare areas of the garden or empty
land spaces in your community Friday
Straight from the Fruit Smoothies
Thursday
Tropical Fruits Watermelon
My Name Flower Garden Refresher Cooler
1 mango cubed 1 cup diced
- Create flowers using 1 banana watermelon
construction paper and pallet ¼ fresh pineapple 1/2 cup diced
sticks cubed cucumbers
¼cup water
- On each flower write a letter to 1 cup ice
1 cup ice
spell out the child’s name
- Cut slits on the lid of a shoebox
and write the child’s name at the - Choose a recipe or create your own ingredients
- Blend the ingredients together
front of the box - Pour into a glass and enjoy
- Encourage the child to match
the letters to spell his/her name

Lady Bug Ping Pong

Nature Smash Painting
- Create two ping
- Allow the child pong paddles and ball using paper
to go on a nature plates, pallet sticks and a balloon
walk to find items - The child can play with a sibling
with colours or family member by using the
(flowers, grass, fruit, dirt etc.) paddles to keep the balloon in
- Spray a sheet of paper with water the air
- Encourage the child to use his/
her fingers, hands and feet to
mash, rub and engage the senses as
he/she extract the colours from
the items found onto the paper
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